FAMILY GUIDANCE WEAKENS AN EFFECT OF OLD PEOPLE’S EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ON EHEALTH LITERACY BY INTERNET EXPERIENCE

Abstract Background In the emerging era of digitalization, eHealth literacy is of great importance in older adults’ health and social adaptation. Objective: Explore the effect of educational attainment on eHealth literacy among older adults and examine the mediating role of Internet experience and the moderating role of guidance on the Internet from family members to reveal the underlying mechanism. Method: Four hundred and ninety-one older adults (aged 59–76 years old, Mage = 65.69±4.41) completed the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) and Internet Experience among Older Adults Scale (IEOAS) and reported their educational attainment and the frequency of family members guiding them on how to use the Internet. Results eHealth literacy of older adults with lower educational attainment did not reach an intermediate level (M = 2.46±1.17). It was significantly lower than that of older adults with higher educational attainment whose scores were beyond the intermediate level (M = 3.43±0.90). Internet experience mediated the effect of older adults’ educational attainment on eHealth literacy. This mediation model was moderated by family members’ guidance on the Internet. Discussion our results have implications for understanding how educational attainment reinforced the inequality in eHealth literacy among older adults and how to address this gap. Specifically, If older adults with lower educational attainment are given guidance on Internet use by their family members frequently, they will no longer be at a disadvantage in accumulating Internet experience and further cultivate eHealth literacy to search for, distinguish, and take advantage of health information on the Internet well.

little is known about how marital quality is determined across subpopulations given their cultural backgrounds.Social networks and familial relationships are culturally important to Hispanic adults over their life course.Also, the unique characteristics (e.g., high % of immigrants) of older Hispanic adults in the U.S. may make their determinants of marital quality different from others.Considering approximately one in three older Hispanic adults is an immigrant in the U.S., this subpopulation may have relatively small social networks as their family members live in their countries of origin.As such, sub-groups of married older Hispanic adults may depend more on their marital relationships for social and cultural support, compared to other racial and ethnic groups.Framed by socioemotional selectivity theory, this study aimed to investigate determinants of marital quality among older Hispanic adults (age 51 and older).Nationally representative samples of older Hispanic adults (n = 694) were derived from the 2010 Health and Retirement Study (HRS).Results from linear regression analysis indicated that women (b = -0.16,p < 0.05) reported lower positive marital quality than men.There was also a statistically significant negative association between depressive symptoms (b = -0.09,p < 0.05) and positive marital quality.This study further evaluated other marital quality determinants, gender differences, and possible sociocultural explanations.

FAMILY GUIDANCE WEAKENS AN EFFECT OF OLD PEOPLE'S EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ON EHEALTH LITERACY BY INTERNET EXPERIENCE
Jingxuan Wu, Huamao Peng, Zhiyu Fan, and Heng Zhao, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, Beijing, China (People's Republic) Background: In the emerging era of digitalization, eHealth literacy is of great importance in older adults' health and social adaptation.Objective: Explore the effect of educational attainment on eHealth literacy among older adults and examine the mediating role of Internet experience and the moderating role of guidance on the Internet from family members to reveal the underlying mechanism.Method: Four hundred and ninety-one older adults (aged 59-76 years old, Mage = 65.69±4.41)completed the eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) and Internet Experience among Older Adults Scale (IEOAS) and reported their educational attainment and the frequency of family members guiding them on how to use the Internet.Results: eHealth literacy of older adults with lower educational attainment did not reach an intermediate level (M = 2.46±1.17).It was significantly lower than that of older adults with higher educational attainment whose scores were beyond the intermediate level (M = 3.43±0.90).Internet experience mediated the effect of older adults' educational attainment on eHealth literacy.This mediation model was moderated by family members' guidance on the Internet.Discussion: our results have implications for understanding how educational attainment reinforced the inequality in eHealth literacy among older adults and how to address this gap.Specifically, If older adults with lower educational attainment are given guidance on Internet use by their family members frequently, they will no longer be at a disadvantage in accumulating Internet experience and further cultivate eHealth literacy to search for, distinguish, and take advantage of health information on the Internet well.The parent-child relationship is one of the longestlasting and closest relationships in human life.Because of its long-lasting nature, more studies focus on the long-term exchanges between parents and children.Few studies have examined the effects of daily interactions on relationship quality.However, such an understanding is crucial during public health emergencies, when daily support amongst close family members is critical for life quality and even survival.Using data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic, we examined the relationship between daily support and relationship quality among middle-aged and older mothers and their adult children.Seventy-seven dyads of mothers (age range: 44-80 years, Mage = 53.78,SDage = 9.57) and adult children (age range: 18-54 years, Mage = 26.61,SDage = 9.46) reported their daily exchanges with their child/parent (i.e., the support they had received from and provided to the other) and daily relationship quality (i.e., relationship satisfaction and trust) each day for 14 consecutive days.Receiving support was positively associated with relationship satisfaction and trust on both Day N and Day N+1 in mothers, and it was positively associated with relationship satisfaction on Day N and trust on both Day N and Day N+1 in children.
Offering support was positively associated with relationship satisfaction on Day N (but not Day N+1) for both mothers and children.Offering support was not associated with daily trust in either mothers or children.The findings highlight the importance of daily support on relationship quality during a public health emergency.

INTERGENERATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND FILIAL PIETY PERCEIVED BY OLDER ADULTS IN RURAL CHINA
Wencheng Zhang, Merril Silverstein, and Ying Xu, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, United States Filial piety-the obligation of adult children to serve and honor older parents-is a fundamental value in Chinese society.This study explores how dimensions of intergenerational solidarity influence parents' evaluations of their children's filial piety.Data derive from 1473 respondents reporting about 4000 relationships in the 2021 wave of the Longitudinal Study of Older Adults in Anhui Province China.Strength of filial piety was assessed for each adult child along with other aspects of the relationship.Random effects ordinal logistic regression predicted parents' perceptions that their children fulfilled expectations of filial piety based on geographic proximity, financial support, and emotional support.Findings indicate that parents consider children who live with them as most filial, and they view residentially independent children who live farther away as less filial.However, financial support from more distant children raises perceptions that these children are meeting expectations of filial piety.In addition, having more frequent contact with distant children strengthens perceptions of them as being filial.Results suggest that weak filial piety perceived by older parents of their more geographically distant children in rural China-an area characterized by high rates of internal migration-is compensated by financial transfers and frequent communication.As research shows that filial piety perceptions are important to the well-being of older adults in Chinese populations, threats to its decline due to forces of modernization and any adverse consequences may be overcome by forms of intergenerational solidarity that involve contributions of money and time by children to their older parents.

NONPARENTAL CAREGIVER DIFFERENCES IN LOCUS OF CONTROL AND GPA OF GRANDCHILDREN AND FOSTER CHILDREN Maia McLin, and Danielle Nadorff, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States
There are approximately 5,950,690 children living with their grandparents, with about half being raised without a parent present.Children raised by non-parental caregivers are at risk of worse academic performance, and locus of control (LOC) is shown to relate to children's academic performance.However, differences between caregiver types and this relation are not well known.The current study hypothesized that caregiver type would affect the strength of the association between LOC and academic performance in children raised by grandparents versus foster parents.Participants (323 caregiving grandparents (GP), m age = 55.66 yr; 105 foster parents (FP), m age = 34.45yr) were recruited nationwide and surveyed via Qualtrics Panel Service.Measures included an adapted academic locus of control scale from the Child Trend's Student Survey, and a question rating the degree to which the child receives "mostly As and Bs." Controlling for age and socioeconomic status (SES) of caregiver, grandchildren had higher reported LOC, but did not differ in academic performance.Caregiver type was found to differentially affect the relation between LOC and academic performance, with a stronger association for foster children (GP r =.726; p < .001;FP r =.831; p < .001).A significant group difference was found (z =2.06; p < .05).These results suggest that kincare may buffer the impact of LOC on academic performance in children not raised by their parents.For those raised in foster care, it may be helpful to focus on increasing autonomy and sense of control regarding their grades.

OLDER PARENTS' PATTERNS OF AGREEMENT AND INFORMATION SHARING WITH ADULT CHILDREN AND THEIR EMOTIONAL OUTCOMES Noriko Toyokawa, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon, United States
The current study examined the effect of older parents' pattern of agreement/disagreement with their adult children's perceptions of their functional ability and their information disclosure/non-disclosure to their adult children on their